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Show How Winter Palace Wat Built. Almost every stone of tbo walls and every niiimrc yard of the plaster lining the winter palace of the cr.ara cost a life. Nicholas had Riven tho order that tho palaco must be rebuilt In a year, and what was human life against Iho riennot'n will? Six thousand thou-sand men werp kept at work day and night, with the palace heated at 30 rtenmur to dry tho walls rapidly, whllo the lempernturo outside was often 30 degree below zero Heamur. The men could only work with Ico packs on their heads, and, experiencing experienc-ing a dally chance of 60 degrees, they died by the score every day. By tho end of the y'ar tho death roll was some thousands, but the palace was finished. |